Tag Archives: humor

Jun7

gangsters.

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our 5th grade boys

milling around

excited and nervous and happy

decided they were going to do their ‘gangster walk’

on the way in to their graduation ceremony

in their suits and ties

jackets thrown over shoulders

and i had to smile

when i heard them

strutting by

singing ‘sweet caroline’

at the top of their lungs

i’m betting neil diamond would take it as a compliment

and when they went inside

they recited their kind words

sang school songs

watched as pictures of their younger days

flashed upon the screen

and finally ended with a beautiful candlelighting

i’m proud of these gangsters

as i’ve known some of them since they were 3

before they even knew what letter ‘gangster’ started with.

 

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“any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.”

-terence winter

May20

gravity.

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while everyone’s eyes were focused

on the royal love story across the pond

i happened upon this one

much closer to home. 

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“you can’t blame gravity for falling in love.”

-albert einstein

May17

pack rat.

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happy national pack rat day – may 17th

There’s a fine line between holding on to nostalgia, and being a serious contendor for an episode of Hoarders. But just for a day, you are permitted to openly cherish the growing stack of Signals catalogs piling up in your basement sans any judgment of concerned family and friends. Who knows? Maybe your Beanie Babies will become collectibles again, and the joke will be on us.

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and 2 very different philosophies from 2 very creative geniuses on this subject: 

 

“i want to lead the victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”

-freddie mercury

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“out of clutter, find simplicity.”

-albert einstein

 

team freddie or team albert?

 

 

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credits:  stanford university (image),  mental floss

May14

find it?

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due to my utter lack of any sense of direction

i am always a bit shocked

when someone asks me how to get somewhere

and i do wonder….

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“you’ll get lost and then you’ll find it.” 

-mark darrah, ‘a catalogue of common people’

 

 

 

 

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image credit: purple clover

May6

living room.

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and on the last night they’ll ever spend

in the only house they’ve ever lived

before moving to their wonderful new location for their wonderful new adventures

we celebrate by finally getting to eat in the living room without sneaking.

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“your journey never ends. life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.

-alexander volkov

May2

mosquito.

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tag lines like this are one reason why local ads are the best:

‘should you decide not to call us, save this magazine for swatting.’ 

 

 

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“a man thinks he amounts to a great deal

but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.”

– don marquis 

Apr12

mixed.

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mixed feelings

when walking inside from another round of snow

and being greeted by a 4th of july display

at least i have my sandals on 

with my long down coat

and i am ready for anything.

“there are certain odd times and occasions

in this strange mixed affair we call life

when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.”

-herman melville

Apr11

where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #2

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another day, another hobby.

in the late 60s

this was a book that i longed to own

i loved to get mail and loved to get free things

what could go wrong?

i used my saved-up coins to send in for the book

and could not wait to begin using it

i read it from cover to cover

marking pages, checking off favorites

 began writing notes, stuffing envelopes, and ordering things

using stamps that i found in a junk drawer

before i knew it i had a small collection of

weird government brochures, lists of tips, tables, charts, and recipes

none of which were really of any use to me

but i didn’t care what any of it was

as long as it came in the mail and it was free

my pile grew and grew

until it didn’t

when once again

i realized that i had no income

had used all of my money to buy the book

and had no way

to buy any more of the stamps

that i needed

to send in my requests

to get free things.

what i really needed were unlimited free books of stamps

and it was on to the next ill-fated hobby for me…

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“sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.” 

-albert einstein

 

Apr1

spring holiday salad.

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 *my easter/passover/april fool’s day/full moon kit-kat salad and its recipe

upwrap 7-12 kit-kat bars

break into delicious individual pieces

if chocolate melts onto your fingers

lick them clean

drop what’s left into a lovely bowl

toss gently

enjoy.

*(serving size may vary depending on how willing you are to share)

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happy holidays to all

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“food for the body is not enough. there must be food for the soul.”

-dorothy day

Mar31

siesta fiesta.

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so here it is, the last day of march

and i just found out that march is national sleep month

had i known i would have fully celebrated

each and every day

like a long fiesta with long siestas

and i will do my best to make up for it today

who am i not to honor a holiday?

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“there is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”

-homer

 

 

 

 

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image credit: animalandnature.com